Jeff Yeager, dubbed "The
Ultimate Cheapskate" by Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show, is a very
cheap guy. He re-cants, as opposed to decants, the wine he
proudly serves his dinner guests, funneling cheap box wine into premium-label
bottles. He believes you should never spend more than $1 per pound on food
items. And to save time and energy costs, he soft-boils his morning eggs along
with the dirty dishes in the dishwasher. In his first book The Ultimate
Cheapskate's Roadmap to True Riches, Yeager introduced his economical
lifestyle to the world and tackled the age-old idea that accumulating "stuff"
can bring us happiness. Instead, he offered a completely fresh take on personal
finance, teaching us how to enjoy life by spending less, and he laid out the
practices and principles that have helped him make cheap the new cool.

Now, Jeff's at it again, but
this time he's not alone. For The
Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living
Happily Below Their Means (Broadway Books; June 2010; Trade Paperback
Original), Jeff has traveled around the country interviewing and surveying
hundreds of his cheapskate brethren—people who are living happily and
comfortably below their means—to discover common characteristics among
cheapskates everywhere: what they buy and own, and how they work, earn, and
spend their money. In his new book, Jeff reveals their strategies for spending
less, saving more, and being all around happier (and sleeping soundly) while
spending far less than the average American. For example, you'll learn how to cut
your food bill in half and eat healthier because of it; how your kids can get
a college education without borrowing a dime; how to let the other guy pay
for depreciation by learning the secrets of buying used, not abused, and
how—if you know where to look—there's free stuff and free fun all
around you.

"The Cheapskate Next
Door proves once and for all that living happily within your means is
possible at practically any income."
—David Bach, #1 New
York Times Bestselling Author of The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late,
Finish Rich

"Jeff Yeager has a way
of unleashing the inner cheapskate in us all!"
—Jean Chatzky,
Bestselling Author and Financial Expert

"If you don't save ten
times the amount you spend on this book, you probably didn't read it." —Vicki Robin, Author
of Your Money or Your Life

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It used to be that "stuff" made you cool. That is so twentieth century. The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches lays out the practices and principles that have made cheap the new cool.

Jeff Yeager, the man dubbed The Ultimate Cheapskate by Matt Lauer on Today, offers his unique philosophy of personal finance, teaching us how to enjoy life more if we're willing to spend less. He will show you how to buy less stuff, retire young, and live financially free, while you make a positive difference in people's lives and save the planet along the way.

JEFF YEAGER spent 24 years working as a CEO and senior executive with national nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC before launching his career as a freelance writer, public speaker, and broadcast journalist in 2004.

Specializing in an offbeat blend of original humor and practical advice for living a better life with less, Yeager was dubbed "The Ultimate Cheapskate" by the NBC TODAY Show, where he periodically appears as a guest correspondent.

His work is featured on his website, www.UltimateCheapskate.com, and regularly appears in The Dollar Stretcher publications. . .